BootDigest
Such a frustrating disappointment
Billie Morin
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Tobias Burrows
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
glenn-aylett
This was Sean Connery's best outing as Bond and still an excellent film to watch more than fifty years later.Unlike the other sixties Bonds, Goldfinger doesn't involve SPECTRE and concerns a megalomaniac gold dealer, Auric Goldfinger, who plans to destroy Fort Knox and wreck the world's economy and make the value of his gold soar in value, with some help from Red China.There's not a dull moment in the whole film, from the start where Bond destroys a heroin factory in Mexico, to the end where he has to kill Goldfinger on a plane. Excellent are the lesser characters, Howard Sakata is brilliant as the mute henchman Oddjob, a martial arts expert who has a lethal bowler hat and a sick smile, and Honor Blackman is on top form as Bond girl, Pussy Galore, who is like a continuation of her character in The Avengers and is the only Bond girl to have been older than 007.My favourite scenes are the car chase in Switzerland, where Bond displays his stunt Aston Martin to full effect, Bond being tortured in Goldfinger's factory( " do you expect to talk, Goldfinger", " no, Mr Bond, I expect you to die) and the fight between Bond and Oddjob inside Fort Knox. Don't forget the magnificent theme tune sung by Shirley Bassey( Goldfingaaahhh!), featuring a young Jimmy Page on session guitar. All in all, Connery's finest Bond and one of the greatest films of all time.
Kingslaay
Goldfinger is almost a universal favorite for Bond fans and audiences and it's not hard to see why. Goldfinger introduces some key Bond elements that later become a formula for future successful Bond films. You have a great car equipped with gadgets, a great villain and henchman, great Bond girl, soundtrack and off course, Sean Connery. Sean Connery is in his element for this film and it shows. Many people put forward their actor who they think is the best Bond but in Goldfinger and Thunderball Connery shows he IS James Bond. Goldfinger is perhaps one of the greatest villains in Bond history as his plans are evil and ingenious. The Bond girl played by Honor Blackman is superb and probably the first Bond girl who shows she can hold her own and is very much his equal. The action sequences, plot and direction of this film was fantastic. Goldfinger is easily one of the greatest Bond films and its elements used became a standard formula to be applied in future Bond movies.
Rodrigo Amaro
"Goldfinger" isn't the beginning of James Bond franchise, neither is the greatest 007 film but the film is responsible for the achievement of making a statement to the world of film: Bond is here to stay. During those 50 years, the franchise has expanded into a magnificent and spectacular world, part of our vocabulary, with many defining elements to pop culture with its theme songs; the remarkable introduction followed by Monty Norman's now classic tune; the cars and the gadgets; the villains and the Bond girls; and obviously the most famous secret agent of our time. Sean Connery's third film of the bunch and his highest moment in the series paved the way for everyone else who followed his footsteps in playing 007. What's special about "Goldfinger" is that with this third entry the Broccoli/Saltzman team had defined exactly what they wanted to achieve with the Bond films and what audiences could expect with them: action, adventure, lots of humor, some romance and puzzling plots. It's not like "Dr. No" and "From Russia with Love" didn't have those but with this 1964 film everything was made to a perfected level of quality, with a precise rhythm - even though the franchise managed to sink a little bit.Here, 007 has a mission to follow the millionaire/megalomaniac Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), a gold fanatic man who plans to commit the crime of the century by robbing all the gold from Fort Knox and cause an economical collapse in America. Assisted by his loyal silent henchman Odd Job (Harold Sakata) and his killing hat; and the armed and dangerous beauty Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), the villain has the perfect plan to reach his goal...but as always, Bond gets in the way to destroy his masterplan. On the other side, 007 gets some help by agent Felix Leiter (Cec Linder) and for the first time (officially) he receives high-tech gadgets from Q (Desmond Llewelyn - he was in "From Russia With Love" as a character named Boothroyd, which is Q's name). Bond gets a brand new car (Aston Martin's debut) filled with explosives, ejecting seats and other marvels of technology that as usual will never be returned in good state. It's all good. Guy Hamilton's first Bond film (he made three more) is an exemplary one. Concise, objective and well balanced, with a mission that isn't over-complicated and its crazy enough to make us believe in it. His direction of actors is superb - even though Frobe is dubbed by another actor but his presence is more than effective - and his management to control aspects of a film mustn't be overlooked at all. Forget about the clichés, or the dated special effects and some poor editing tricks (the plane sequence at the end is quite cheesy) but focus on the fact that the majority of the story takes in the United States yet nothing was filmed there. It's all created in the Pinewood studios, and a replica of Fort Knox was built to a wonderful degree of accuracy that even a higher official from the actual place congratulated the film's team for their great research. That is pure talent.They formed great basis for the future 007 films by creating a spectacle that always had the challenge of going to longer distance, one more spectacular than the previous one, a way to top themselves and deliver something special. This one includes memorable lines ("No, Mr. Bond I expect you to die!" while the agent is about to get torn apart by a laser device), memorable sequences (Pussy Galore and Bond fighting in the barn) and plenty of great thrills (Bond vs. Odd Job is the most awaited moment). But the iconic image that defined "Goldfinger" was Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) painted in gold. And the theme song by Shirley Bassey is solid gold, one of the first Bond themes to become a mega-hit and one that established the presence of top rock n'roll/pop musicians of the moment to perform a song for the franchise.In all possible seriousness of the world, I urge to go through the whole franchise, from Connery to Craig, from the humble beginnings of "Doctor No." to the rich exuberance of "Spectre", and try to see the Bond evolution and how some of its trademarks are so nostalgic and important that they must not leave the franchise ever - sometimes it happens but the result always gives us a troubling experience almost as if we're not seeing a complete Bond film. "Goldfinger" still hasn't lost its golden touch and can appeal to future audiences to come. 10/10
Dalbert Pringle
Such a cold "finger"!?.... Yeah-Yeah. I know that Goldfinger was, of course, a James Bond-007 movie, but, all the same, it was kinda boring and, yes, downright, dumb at times.(And, I know that this isn't going to go over very well) - But when I watched actor Sean Connery really closely I found that there was something oddly "gay" about him. There was! I can't quite put my finger (gold, or not) on what exactly it was about Connery's mannerisms that sparked my "gaydar" suspicions - But, hey - What the hell, eh? - I'm allowed.Anyways - All-in-all - I did enjoy Goldfinger for the most part, but I certainly wouldn't rate this one as great entertainment, not by a long-shot.In conclusion - I ask you - How the hell (in the name of Miss Moneypenny) does one go about painting an adult, human body from head to toe, front to back, without making even the slightest mess out of the whole damn job? Eh? How? - 'Cause that ain't no easy task to undertake. No. It ain't! But in Goldfinger this task's final product was made to look like it was done as easy as pie.
